The Deep Green Sea: A Novel

by Robert Olen Butler | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0805031308 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Mind-The-Gap of Manassas, Virginia USA on 7/18/2004
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Journal Entry 1 by Mind-The-Gap from Manassas, Virginia USA on Sunday, July 18, 2004
Ok. This book offered very little new to me. The plot centered around only one conflict, giving it the feel of a 200 page short story, which was a tad unusual, since most short stories run 50ish pages max.

My other thoughts:

1) Most of the book took place in the memories of the characters, which was sort of interesting.
2) I thought that the woman character's (Tien's) thoughts were rather simplistic compared to those of Ben. Moreover, they mostly dealt with Ben, whereas Ben himself was slightly more likely to look deeper into his memories and current situation. I don't know if the author feels that women are shallow, if he just doesn't do very well with a female perspective, or if he's just creating a shallow character because some women (and men) just aren't overly deep.
3) That said, the characterization wasn't very interesting for Tien or Ben.

Overall conclusion: It won't hurt anybody to read it, but there are much better books out there.

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